With the purchase of the John Deere dealership formerly known as Haugen’s Inc. in Williston last December, Gooseneck Implement has grown to eight locations, including Kenmare, Harvey, Rugby, Velva, Minot and expanded facilities in Mohall and Stanley.

About a dozen residents from Kenmare and Stanley attended a hearing of the North Dakota Public Service Commission on Thursday to consider applications submitted by Enbridge Pipelines (North Dakota) LLC expansion and upgrades for two separate, but related, projects.

The Kenmare second graders who are championing the convergent lady beetle as North Dakota’s official state insect discovered they were famous when they arrived in Bismarck to testify before the House Political Subdivisions Committee.

Members of the North Dakota Public Service Commission will be in town on Thursday to hold a public hearing on applications submitted by Enbridge Pipelines (North Dakota) LLC regarding the construction of 11 miles of 12-inch crude oil pipeline, a new pumping station located near Kenaston, a new pump station near Lignite and station modifications at the existing Berthold Pump Station.

When four Kenmare second graders testify at the North Dakota House of Representatives Political Subdivisions Committee hearing in Bismarck Friday on behalf of their proposal to designate the lady beetle as the state’s official insect, they will be prepared: